четверг, 20 сентября 2012 г.

Sports Notebook Tennis rankings list area's young players - The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)

More than two dozen NorthWest-area junior tennis players haveachieved New England championship rankings, according to the UnitedStates Tennis Association.

Ranked in the boys' 18 singles were: Matthew Fuller (3),Winchester; Mark Erelli (5), Reading; Jonathan Beardsley (7),Arlington; Eric Kaplan (11), Chelmsford; Richard Saxe (20),Burlington; Eric Block (30) and Anthony Russo (35), Andover, andStephen Lucero (39), Winchester.

Girls' 18 singles: Wendy Crabtree (3) and Kara Swanson (6),Concord; Holly Rivers (11), Acton, and Kara Clarke (29), Carlisle.

Boys' 16 singles: Paul Wulfsberg (15) and Frederik Lidskog(17), Concord; Trevor Spracklin (26), North Andover, and MichaelStein (35), Andover.

Girls' 16 singles: Christine Cerretani (1), Reading; Sharyn Lie(18), Methuen, and Neeley Steinberg (honorable mention), Concord.

Boys' 14 singles: Dennis Baden (2), Burlington, and DeanChiungos (7), Andover.

Girls' 14 singles: Elisa Banner (1), Bedford, and Heather Young(21), Andover.

Ranked alphabetically, rather than numerically under USTApolicy, in the boys' and girls' 12 singles were: Jamie Cerretani,Reading; Elizabeth and Cathy Herbert, Acton; David Nelson, NorthAndover; Matthew Rose, Andover, and Olivia Wong, Belmont.2 get hockey letters from Northeastern

Medford's Rayanne Conway and Andover's Michelle DiStefano recentlyreceived their third varsity letters as members of the Northeasternwomen's ice hockey team.

Conway, a junior forward, had personal highs of 19 goals and 21assists for 40 points, raising her career totals to 39-44-83. Shehad goals in NU's first seven games, including a four-goal,two-assist explosion in a 6-5 win against St. Lawrence.

DiStefano shared the goaltending duties with Kim Flatt andstopped 230 of 259 shots for an .888 save percentage and allowedthree goals per game. Her biggest efforts were in the Granite StateTournament, where she stopped 36 shots in a 5-2 win and with 37 savesin a 6-6 tie against eventual national champion Providence.Bentley's Yetten feted at BU banquet

Bentley College football coach Peter Yetten of Westford waspresented the William French Award at Boston University's Hall ofFame banquet last weekend. The award is presented to a 'current orformer Boston University athlete or coach or to an alumnus/alumna inthe coaching profession who has distinguished himself/herself in thepast year.'

Yetten, who played football, hockey and baseball at BU, has beenBentley's head coach since 1979 and has amassed an impressive102-34-2 record. Last fall, Bentley was 9-1 and won its secondEastern Collegiate Football Conference title in three years andearned a berth in the ECAC Division 3 championships. In 1982 and1983, Yetten led Bentley to national club football championships.

A native of Waltham, he earned six varsity letters at BU. In1968, he quarterbacked the football team to the Pasadena Bowl and in1971 played defense for the national championship hockey team. Hewas captain of the baseball team in 1971, hitting .323 and beingnamed to the Greater Boston Conference all-star team.Here and there . . .

Former Winchester and Florida Atlantic University tennis star JoePalumbo of Woburn has been named men's tennis coach at Curry College.Palumbo also serves as assistant junior coordinator at the WoburnRacquet Club . . . St. Anselm captain Kristin Sullivan of Belmontwas an honorable mention on the 1993 Kodak Women's All-AmericanBasketball Team. Sullivan was the all-time leading scorer, male orfemale, at Belmont . . . Boston College senior pitcher Tricia Murrayof Lawrence has been named to the All-Big East softball team asselected by the league's coaches. Murray was among the Big East'sleaders in wins (5), innings pitched (57) and earned run average(2.21). She completed seven of her eight starts . . . Wilmingtonnative Mary McNaughton was inducted into the Holy Cross Varsity ClubHall of Fame last night. She was an All-America cross countryrunner in 1983 and 1984 and an All-New England swimmer in 1985 . . .Reyong Kim of Carlisle has earned her second varsity letter inwomen's squash at Wesleyan. She was 14-9 and represented Wesleran inthe National Intercollegiate Tournament . . . Infielder ScottPetersen, 13, of Andover, has been selected by the New EnglandMariners to join its AAU Junior Olympic team, which will competethroughout New England and in the national tournament in Iowa inAugust.